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From the 1940s to the 1970s, the numbers and outcomes of court decisions escalated dramatically in favor of students, employees, and other individuals suing school districts. Today, the overall trend of education litigat...
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The definition of "disability" under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is broader than that under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. For those students who are eligible only under the broader coverage o...
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An annotated outline provides recent case law in special education since the last update in this series. (MLF)...
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Compensatory educational services are now recognized as appropriate relief in meritorious cases arising under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Summarizes the third generation of court decisions concerning...
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An annotated outline provides recent case law in special education. (MLF)...
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Addresses a Seventh Circuit ruling that treats parental hostility as a factor in determining the appropriateness of an individualized education program. Asks what are the alternative and appropriate means for counteracti...
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Changes in judicial decisions may hold school districts responsible for providing compensatory, or remedial, educational services to handicapped students as a form of relief for alleged district violations. The supposed ...
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School authorities need to be aware of various sources of federal law coverage on requirements for limited-English-speaking children suspected of needing special education. The overall thrusts of the law are to avoid "ov...
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An annotated outline provides recent case law in special education since the last update in volume 56 of this journal. Based on the 1990 amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), references are in the for...
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Thanks to recent court interpretations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, parents of handicapped students (under 21) may request not only a different placement, provision of related services, or tuition ...
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Due to an error made in printing Professor Zirkel's "Special Education Law; Recent Developments" in Volume 48 (October 13, 1988), these updates to the article are printed. Citations are organized under the following majo...
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Provides an overview of legal issues concerning the testing of handicapped students and employees in elementary and secondary schools and in institutions of higher education. The first part of the paper summarizes the ma...
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An annotated outline of reported court decisions on special education issues are grouped in the following operational sequence: (1) diagnosis and placement; (2) treatment issues; (3) financial issues; and (4) gifted stud...
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Traces the interplay among three federal statutes that serve as legal bases in special education suits with attention to two interrelated issues: (1) whether attorneys' fees are available; and (2) whether the Education f...
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This article proposes and discusses improvements in due process procedures based on two sources: empirical findings in the education literature and importable practices from labor arbitration and civil adjudication. (Aut...